A 92-year-old man, along with clients, staff and volunteers of Jewish Care in Edgware and Harrow, sat down with HRH Prince William at a fundraising event on Sunday (June 14).
The fundraising dinner, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Jewish Care and held in Alexandra Palace, was one of the first public appearances of Prince William, since the birth of his daughter, Princess Charlotte.
Jewish Care is the largest health and social care charity for the UK’s Jewish community, caring directly for over 7,000 people every week.
Since losing the love of his life, wife Lillian, 92-year-old Sid Nathan has been going to the Jewish Care’s Edgware & Harrow Jewish Day Centre three times a week.
“It’s a community, I love coming here not for the activities – they’re fine, but for the friendship, because without all my friends I’d be alone all day staring at four walls," he said.
“I couldn't live without it.”
The Duke of Cambridge praised the guests at Jewish Care’s 25th anniversary annual campaign dinner for their role in supporting older and vulnerable members of the community and said: “The results of your commitment to one another within the Jewish community are obvious – the real and loving care that thousands of elderly and vulnerable people receive, among the many works that you carry out.
“Your care for one another has another less tangible value.
“During a year when many in the Jewish community have had cause to feel under threat, for no reason other than simply the fact of your Jewishness, your unity is all the more precious.
“Your commitment and loyalty to one another, and to society mode widely, is ultimately what keeps you strong.”
